U.S. patent application number 10/610766 was filed with the patent office on 2005-01-27 for integrated swimming goggles mechanism.
Invention is credited to Chiang, Herman.
Application Number | 20050015868 10/610766 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34079602 |
Filed Date | 2005-01-27 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050015868 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chiang, Herman |
January 27, 2005 |
Integrated swimming goggles mechanism
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved integrated swimming
goggles mechanism. The swimming goggles of the present invention
comprises a first frame made from rigid material and a second frame
made from soft material. The first frame includes a pair of front
lens frames each having a lens receiving grooves, a first bridge
member which is connected with the inner sides of the front lens
frames and has at least a joint section and at least a bending
point. The second frame includes a pair of rear lens frames which
are adjacent to the front lens frames and the second bridge member
between the rear lens frame encircles the first bridge member. The
rigid first frame mechanism provides fixing and assembling of the
head strap of the swimming goggles. Due to the first bridge member
and at least one bending point, the rigid first frame is provided
with a desired flexibility. Moreover, the soft second frame can
provide a comfort contacting with a user's face when the goggles
are worn.
Inventors: |
Chiang, Herman; (Chung-Ho
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
TROXELL LAW OFFICE PLLC
SUITE 1404
5205 LEESBURG PIKE
FALLS CHURCH
VA
22041
US
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Family ID: |
34079602 |
Appl. No.: |
10/610766 |
Filed: |
July 2, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/466 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 33/004 20200801;
A63B 33/002 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
002/466 |
International
Class: |
A41D 027/26; A41D
013/00; A61F 009/02 |
Claims
1. An improved integrated swimming mechanism. Comprises: a first
frame, made from rigid material, including a pair of front lens
frame and a first bridge member, the first lens frame each
including a front surface and a rear surface, a receiving groove
being defined on the front surface for receiving the lens, the
first bridge member being integratedly disposed on the inner sides
of the front lens frame and including at lease one joint section
and at least one bending point; a second frame, made from soft
material, including a pair of rear lens frame and a second bridge
member, the rear lens frame each including a front surface and a
rear surface, the front surfaces being adjacent to and firmly
connected the rear surfaces of the front lens frames, the second
bridge being disposed on the inner sides of the rear lens frames
and encircling the first bridge member; and a head strap mechanism
being disposed on the lateral portion of the first frame.
2. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 1, wherein the first bridge member includes a pair of joint
sections which extend from the inner sides of the front lens frame
and a bending point which connects the joint sections adjacent to a
central point.
3. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 1, wherein a joint holder is disposed on the lateral portion
of the front lens frame, extends from the rear surface of the front
lens frame toward to the rear lens frame, and defines a pair of
passage holes.
4. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 3, wherein the rear lens frame encircles the joint holder of
the front lens frame thereby assembling with the front lens frame,
when molding.
5. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 1, wherein a gasket is integratedly formed on the rear
surface of the rear lens frame.
6. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 2, wherein a strengthening bar is further formed between the
joint section of the first bridge member and the bending point.
7. An improved integrated swimming mechanism, comprises: a left
lens frame and right lens frame, each lens frame including a front
surface and a rear surface, a receiving groove being defined in the
front surface for receiving lens; a bridge member, disposed on the
inner sides of the left lens frame and right lens frame, at least
including a joint member and a bending point, and a head strap
mechanism disposed the outer sides of the left and right lens
frames.
8. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 7, wherein the bridge member includes a pair of joint
sections each extending from the inner sides of the left and right
lens frame, and includes a bending point which connects the joint
sections adjacent to a central point.
9. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed in
claim 8, wherein a strengthening bar is further formed between the
joint section of the bridge member and the bending point.
10. The improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism as claimed
in claim 7, wherein a gasket made of a soft material is
integratedly formed on the rear surface of the left and right lens
frame.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a pair of integrated
swimming goggles, more particularly, a pair of improved integrated
swimming goggles mechanism including the lens frames, the bridge
member, and gaskets. The frames each are made of soft and rigid
material so as to provide a comfort contact with a face and avoid
deformation because of pulling of the head strap. Moreover, The
bridge member provides a desired flexibility.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Referring to FIG. 1 is disclosed in the R.O.C Laying-Open
Gazette of utility model patent No. 83200405 (represented as Patent
'405 for following description), which a pair of integrated type
swimming goggles of the prior art includes a pair of lens frames, a
bridge member, and a pair of gaskets. The swimming goggles
disclosed by Patent '405 and integratedly including the lens
frames, the bridge member, and the gaskets shall provide the soft
material to the gasket adjacent to a user's face thereby providing
a comfortable wearing. A portion on the lens frame for passing
therethrought by the head strap shall withstand the pulling
strength thereby avoiding the deformation of the lens frame.
Therefore, the structure feature of Patent '405 discloses a pair of
swimming goggles 70 integratedly molded from a soft material and
including a pair of lens frames, 71, 72, a bridge member 73, and a
pair of gaskets 74, which are all made from the soft material. In
order to avoid the deformation of the lens frames 71, 72 when
wearing, the cross-section of the bridge member 73 is arcuated, and
the center portion thereof is comparatively think and the lateral
portion thereof is comparatively thin. The lateral portions of the
lens frames 71, 72 form a pair of stop members 75 such that the
pressing end 77 of the head strap 76 is stopped by the stop member.
Therefore, when the head strap 76 is pulled for wearing the
goggles, the pulling strength shall be spread over the stop member
75 and the comparatively thick central portion of the bridge member
73 thereby avoiding the deformation of the lens frames 71, 72.
[0005] Moreover, the bridge member of such type integrated swimming
goggles is positioned on the inner sides of the lens frames. The
width for wearing the goggles is limited within a certain range.
However, the face shape is different from a user to a user. The
bridge member shall be provided with proper flexibility to meet the
actual requirement of wearing.
[0006] Therefore, with the above mention the description, it should
be understood that the design of such the integrated goggles should
involve those concerning factors, e.g. a comfort feeling for the
face when wearing, the deformation effect due to the pulling of the
head strap, and the desired flexibility of the bridge member. Based
on the above-mentioned basic theory and the spirit of keep
improving and innovation, the inventor makes the present
invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The main object of the integrated goggles of the present
invention is to provide the integrated goggles providing a comfort
feeling of wearing and avoiding the deformation of the lens frames.
The lens frame adjacent to face is made from soft material. The
portion for being extended through by the head strap is made from
rigid material. Therefore, the head strap of the swimming goggles
may be fixed on the rigid material portion so as to provide a
comfort wearing and avoiding deformation of the lens frames.
[0008] The second object of the integrated goggles is that the
bridge member of the swimming goggles has a desired flexibility.
When the swimming goggles are used, the lens frames are convenient
for being worn and can be properly contacted with heads with
different face shapes thereby providing a comfort effect.
[0009] To fulfill to the above-mentioned object, the improved
integrated swimming goggles of the present invention features in
that the swimming goggles comprises a first frame made from rigid
material and a second frame made from soft material. The first
frame includes a pair of front lens frames each having a lens
receiving grooves, a first bridge member which is connected with
the inner sides of the front lens frames and has at least a joint
section and at least a bending point. The second frame includes a
pair of rear lens frames which are adjacent to the front lens
frames. At least one portion of the rear lens frame encircle the
front lens frame, respectively. That is, the second bridge member
between the rear lens frame encircles the first bridge member. Due
to the first bridge member and at least one bending point, the
second bridge member adopts the bending point as a central point
thereby providing the front lens frames and the rear lens frames of
the assembled first and second frames with a desired
flexibility.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. is the perspective view of the invention of the Patent
83200405 of Republic of China.
[0011] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an improved integrated
swimming goggles mechanism of the present invention.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first frame of the
improved integrated swimming goggles mechanism of the present
invention.
[0013] FIG. 4 is an assembled view of FIG. 5.
[0014] FIG. 5 is a cross-section view taken from line 4-4 of FIG.
4
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0015] Referring to FIG. 2, a pair of integrated swimming goggles
of the present invention comprises a first frame 2, a second frame
3, and a head strap mechanism (not shown). The first frame 2 is
made from rigid material. Also referring to FIG. 3, the first frame
2 includes a pair of front lens frames 20, 21 and a first bridge
member 22. The front frames 20, 21 include front surfaces 201, 211
and rear surfaces 201, 212, correspondingly. A pair of receiving
grooves 202, 212 is defined on the front surfaces 201, 211 for
receiving lens 5. The first bridge member 22 is integratedly
disposed on the inner sides of the front lens frame and includes a
pair of joint sections 220, 221 which extend from the inner sides
of the front lens frame 20, 21, and a bending point 23 which
connects the joint sections 220, 221 adjacent to a central point
thereby providing a desired flexibility of the first bridge member
22. Moreover, a strengthening bar 24 is further formed between the
joint section 220, 221 of the first bridge member 22 and the
bending point 23 thereby strengthening the joint section 220, 221.
Thereafter, a joint holder 25 extends from the rear surface 202,
212 of the front lens frame and defines a pair of passage holes
251, 252 (Referring to FIG. 5) for being assembling with the head
strap (not shown) of the head strap mechanism.
[0016] The second frame 3 is made from a soft material. Referring
to FIG. 2, the second frame 3 includes a pair of rear lens frames
30, 31 and a second bridge member 32. The rear lens frames 30, 31
include a pair of front surfaces 301, 311 and rear surfaces 302,
312. The front surfaces 301, 311 are adjacent to the rear surfaces
202, 212 of the front lens frames 20, 21 and encircle the joint
holder 25 of the front lens frames 20, 21. A pair of gaskets 6 is
integratedly formed on the rear surfaces of the rear lens frames
302, 312. The second bridge member 32 is disposed between the inner
sides of the rear lens frames 30, 31 and encircled the first bridge
member 22. In other words, when the second frame 3 will be molded,
the first frame 2 is set on a mold of the second frame 3. Then, the
second frame 3 is made all together with the first frame 2 by
injection molding thereby encircling the joint holders 25 of the
front lens frames 20, 21 of the first frame 2 and assembling the
first frame 2 and the second frame 3.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 4, the second frame 3 is coupled with the
first frame 2. The first bridge member 22 of the swimming goggles 1
is encircled within the second bridge member 32. Due to the bending
point 23 of the first bridge member 22 (also referring to FIG. 3),
the second bridge member 32 adopts the bending point 23 as a
central point thereby providing the front lens frames 20, 21 and
the rear lens frames 30, 31 of the assembled first and second
frames 2, 3 with a desired flexibility. Therefore, when the
swimming goggles are used, the front lens frames 20, 21 and the
rear lens frames 30, 31 are pulled by the head strap such that the
front lens frames 20, 21 and the rear frames 30, 31 are properly
attached to the user's face thereby providing a desired wearing
effect.
[0018] Although the invention has been explained in relation to its
preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that many other
possible modifications and variations can be made without departing
from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter
claimed.
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